Ray Garofalo and Bob Owen: Understanding LA’s Senate 1 Race
As with several races before voters, Louisiana’s Senate District 1 should be an easy choice. However, there’s a little something odd going on here that may need some clarification. The race only has two candidates, so this one will be decided on October...
VICTORY: Age Appropriate Library Bill is now Law
Heather Cloud’s (R 8/10) fantastic SB7 (now Act 436) echoes policy language previously adopted by the Lafayette Library Board of Control on February 15th of this year. That language resolves some ambiguity surrounding age appropriate materials in the public...
This could never happen – but it happened
Newspaper headlines and articles across the state are criticizing the Republican controlled legislature as it went on the biggest spending spree in Louisiana history. Our legislature was not legally entitled to spend every dollar of the enormous surplus. In Louisiana,...
CAUGHT: Did Magee and Davis vote for personal gain?
The question has been asked, should a person or their family be able to directly benefit from their status as a legislator? In our experience it’s been quite common to hear about spouses of lawmakers who are lobbyists, or at least employed by a business...
Citizens for a New Louisiana is making government more transparent, one parish at a time. Will you become a part of the solution?
Critical Acclaim
The Advocate
A second Youngsville police chief candidate has been found by the court to be ineligible to run... Citizens for a New Louisiana filed a complaint about Trahan's eligibility with the DA.
Lynette Mejia
"[Citizens for a New Louisiana] Stacking these boards is, like, antithetical to the democratic process."
Livingston Parish News
Smith added that the issue blew up on social media after an “outside” group called Citizens for a New Louisiana enflamed the situation.
Financial Times (UK)
The initial Facebook post was made by a group called “Citizens for a New Louisiana.”... A deluge followed.
New York Times
The group that started the hubbub over in Lafayette Parish is called Citizens for a New Louisiana. And I know the players. And I had been monitoring who’s involved in all of this.
